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Protecting Wildlife for the Future

The Trent StoryStaffordshire Wildlife Trust European Riverprize - 2015


Staffordshire Wildlife Staffordshire Wildlife TrustTrustFounded in 1969, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

is the county's leading nature conservation charity.


Staffordshire Wildlife Staffordshire Wildlife TrustTrustStaffordshire Wildlife Trust has been working

to protect the wildlife and wild places where you live for over 40 years, enhancing the wildlife and wild places of Staffordshire and promoting understanding, enjoyment and involvement in the natural world.


Natural Natural ResourcesResources

Biodiversity Audit 2006-7

Initial 17 key sites / 11 Quarries.

(3) former Branston GP (4) Newbold(5) Tucklesholme(6) Barton (8) Croxall, Alrewas, NMA(9) Whitemore Haye(10) Elford (11) Elford South(15) Tameside Borrowpit (16) Dosthill (17) Middleton Hall


Natural Natural ResourcesResources

Native Water Vole

Grass snake

Native Crayfish

Great Crested Newt


The River Trent:The River Trent:The Trent is the longest rivers in England, flowing 268 kilometres from flowing through Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. The river was originally extensively bifurcated.


The River Trent:The River Trent:The river and its tributaries flow through some of the most industrialised parts of the Midlands, playing a major role in the industrial development of the area throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.


The River Trent:The River Trent:

Significantly modified for navigation since the 1600’s

Total length of main river 788 km Length of re-sectioned River 722 km92% of floodplain used for farming


Opportunities:Opportunities:Re-connecting rivers and floodplains


HabitatHabitatcreationcreation

PondsOx Bows

Lagoons


Exposed cliffs

Bare ground

Backwater



Shallow margins

Exposed gravel

Woody debris



Catton & CroxallCatton & CroxallScience


Catton & Croxall:Catton & Croxall:Implementation


Catton & Croxall Catton & Croxall Implementation


Catton & CroxallCatton & CroxallMonitoring


SuccessesSuccesses


Partnerships Partnerships

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Documents

protecting wildlife

future successes slide

farming slide

future opportunities

middleton hall slide

river trent

wild places of staffordshire

length of resectioned